{"id":35093,"date":"2022-03-16T19:05:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T19:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&#038;p=35093"},"modified":"2022-03-23T17:07:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T17:07:10","slug":"supreme-court-to-judge-bolsonaros-decree-against-brazils-main-anti-torture-body","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/supreme-court-to-judge-bolsonaros-decree-against-brazils-main-anti-torture-body\/","title":"Supreme Court to judge Bolsonaro\u2019s decree against Brazil\u2019s main anti-torture body","content":"<div class=\"tts_content_wrapper_1\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Friday, March 18, a virtual session of the Supreme Court will start to judge a case that calls for the suspension of the effects of Decree No. 9.831\/19, of President Jair Bolsonaro. The decree has obstructed the workings of the MNPCT (National Mechanism to Combat and Prevent Torture), the country\u2019s main anti-torture body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drafted by the then Prosecutor-General, Raquel Dodge, the case \u2013 ADPF Case No. 607 \u2013 challenges the 2019 presidential act that discharged the 11 experts who worked on the MNPCT, transforming their activities into unpaid work. According to the human rights organizations, the decree directly affected the functional independence of the body, which is responsible for monitoring prisons, shelters for children and seniors, psychiatric hospitals, therapeutic communities and youth detention centers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since they deal with violations committed by government agents in custodial facilities, the mechanisms to combat and prevent torture need independence to file complaints and notify authorities. The job of the experts includes carrying out inspections and requesting information and forensic reports to prevent, document and promote accountability for torture and mistreatment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The MNPCT is only functioning today thanks to an injunction granted by a federal court in August 2019. In the Lower House of Congress, legislative bills against the act of the president have been pending for more than two years with little real chance of being voted. It is up to the Supreme Court, therefore, to decide on the legality of the decree in its judgment of ADPF No. 607, a case from 2019 that was only put on the Court\u2019s schedule last week.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Read more:&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/the-importance-of-the-mechanism-for-the-combat-of-torture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The importance of the Mechanism for the Combat of Torture<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/bolsonaro-government-discharges-experts-of-the-mechanism-for-the-combat-of-torture-in-prisons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bolsonaro Government discharges experts of the mechanism for the combat of torture in prisons<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>UN and OAS have already condemned the decree<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In February this year, Brazil received an official visit from representatives of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) of the United Nations, which was also motivated by Bolsonaro\u2019s decree. The international group of experts met with Brazilian authorities, including Minister Damares Alves; the presidents of the Human Rights Committees of the Lower House and the Senate, Humberto Costa and Carlos Veras; representatives of the Supreme Court; and the Prosecutor-General Augusto Aras. The main demand of the SPT was for Brazil to comply with the commitments of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which establishes the requirement to have this mechanism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe urge Brazil to drop its decision to dismantle its national torture prevention mechanism,\u201d said Suzanne Jabbour, who headed the SPT delegation that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/NewsEvents\/Pages\/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=28114&amp;LangID=E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>visited the country in February<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beforehand, in June 2019, the IACHR (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights), a body of the OAS (Organization of American States), had already expressed its condemnation and concern over the presidential decree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Supreme Court, Brazilian and international human rights organizations will participate in the case as amicus curiae (a legal instrument that permits experts to share their knowledge with the court and inform it on matters of public interest). These are the Defense of the Right to a Defense Institute (IDDD), the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), Conectas Human Rights, Justi\u00e7a Global, the educational inclusion organization Educafro, the National Association of Public Defenders (ANADEP), the Catholic Church\u2019s prisoner outreach service Pastoral Carcer\u00e1ria, the Brazilian Criminal Sciences Institute (IBCCRIM), the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association and the Strategic Action Group of State and District Public Defender\u2019s Offices in the Higher Courts (GAETS).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The organizations will warn the justices about the risks of undermining the main body combating torture in the country, with respect to the worsening living conditions in custodial facilities and the non-compliance with commitments assumed by Brazil in international agreements.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"tts__custom-position_bottom_fixed\" ><\/div>","excerpt":"<p>On Friday, March 18, a virtual session of the Supreme Court will start to judge a case that calls for the suspension of the effects of Decree No. 9.83&#8230;<\/p>\n","author":26,"featured_media":14010,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"tema":[12270],"class_list":["post-35093","noticia","type-noticia","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tema-confronting-institutional-violence"],"acf":{"subtitle-pt":"Criticized by the UN and the OAS, the Court will begin its analysis of the presidential decree on Friday, March 18. 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